Editing Lordship of Ireland (section)

===John Lackland as Lord of Ireland===
{{main|John's first expedition to Ireland}}
Having captured a small part of Ireland on the east coast, Henry used the land to solve a dispute dividing his family.  For he had divided his territories between his sons, with the youngest being nicknamed {{lang|nrf|Johan sanz Terre}} (in English, "[[John, King of England|John Lackland]]") as he was left without lands to rule. At the [[Oxford]] parliament in May 1177, Henry replaced [[William FitzAldelm]] and granted John his Irish lands, so becoming Lord of Ireland ({{lang|la|Dominus Hiberniae}}) in 1177 when he was 10 years old, with the territory being known in English as the Lordship of Ireland.

Henry had wanted John to be crowned King of Ireland on his first visit in 1185, but [[Pope Lucius III]] specifically refused permission, citing the dubious nature of a claim supposedly provided by Pope Adrian IV years earlier.<ref>{{cite book | last = McLoughlin | first =William | title = Pope Adrian IV, a Friend of Ireland | publisher = Browne and Nolan | place = Cork | year = 1906 | page = 100}}.</ref> {{lang|la|Dominus}} (usually translated 'lord') was the usual title of a king who had not yet been crowned, suggesting that it was Henry's intention. Lucius then died while John was in Ireland, and Henry obtained consent from [[Pope Urban III]] and ordered a crown of gold and [[peacock]] feathers for John. In late 1185 the crown was ready, but John's visit had by then proved a complete failure, so Henry cancelled the coronation.<ref name = "Warren">{{cite book | last = Warren | first = W. L. | title = King John | publisher = Eyre & Spottiswoode | place = London | year = 1960 | page = 35}}</ref>

Following the deaths of John's older brothers he became King of England in 1199, and so the Lordship of Ireland, instead of being a separate country ruled by a junior Norman prince, came under the direct rule of the [[Angevin Empire|Angevin]] crown. In the legal terminology of John's successors, the "lordship of Ireland" referred to the [[sovereignty]] vested in [[the Crown]] of England; the corresponding territory was referred to as the "land of Ireland".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lydon|first=James|date=May 1995|title=Ireland and the English Crown, 1171–1541|journal=Irish Historical Studies|publisher=Cambridge University Press |jstor=30006815|volume=29|issue=115|pages=281–294 : 282|doi=10.1017/S0021121400011834|s2cid=159713467 }}</ref>